CVE-2023-52895

io_uring/poll: don't reissue in case of poll race on multishot request

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: August 21, 2024 at 06:10 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:43 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring/poll: don't reissue in case of poll race on multishot request A previous commit fixed a poll race that can occur, but it's only applicable for multishot requests. For a multishot request, we can safely ignore a spurious wakeup, as we never leave the waitqueue to begin with. A blunt reissue of a multishot armed request can cause us to leak a buffer, if they are ring provided. While this seems like a bug in itself, it's not really defined behavior to reissue a multishot request directly. It's less efficient to do so as well, and not required to rearm anything like it is for singleshot poll requests.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

6.1.7 ≤ v < 6.1.86.1.76e5aedb9324aab1c14a23fae3d8eeb64a679c20ec06015ebc4367be38904b88582e13cc079672075
Vendor states this is fixed in 36fc7317cdb16cfeae0f879916995037bb615ac4 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8caa03f10bf92cb8657408a6ece6a8a73f96ce13 (fixed)
Affected range stops below 6.1.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (2)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36fc7317cdb16cfeae0f879916995037bb615ac4
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8caa03f10bf92cb8657408a6ece6a8a73f96ce13

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-401

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